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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

now taking place in suburban homes, using outside wall-mounted chargers metered to give credit to vehicle owners on their utility bills in exchange for uploading battery juice during peak hours. In the UK, experiments are. These pilot programs have remained just that, though—pilots. Our grid was not designed for this.”.

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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

The Leaf models were used as portable power stations , with enough juice to power the average Japanese home for four days, power 6,200 smartphones, or run 100 elevator round trips in a 48-story building. . This new tech can help supply a community with electricity when needed. Portable Electricity To Help Any Area .

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

Juicing up. The regenerative charging system converts kinetic energy into electric energy, when applying the brakes or coasting, and stores it in the battery. The front MacPherson struts and rear multi-link suspension delivered a smooth and stable ride; tire and wind noise are at a minimum.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

He left for UK in the seventies - and started an arts supply store. His son has now taken over the store, closed it down - and shifted to an entirely online model. It was a dark desert highway, and there was cool wind in the hair. We used a constant power of 2-3 bar, did some wind-cheating and reached Jaipur in 2 hrs 45 minutes.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? 2:54 PM Anonymous said. 5:53 PM Anonymous said.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

As part of raising awareness, we’re hosting a competition to win a selection of eco-friendly smart home tech gadgets. Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! Wind – Domestic wind turbines are a great way to generate electricity. Don’t know where to begin?

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Then consider that in order to actually go any farther than the neighbood store, one still had to have ANOTHER car. If our country is going to spend money like a drunk sailor we should have spent it on building renewable energy power plants like Wind and Geothermal. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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